Given name & surname
Verity
“one who is truthful”
Verity is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “one who is truthful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who is truthful.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Verity through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,852
- 0 boys · 1,852 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 145 babies
- 2025
- 145
- #1,482 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +19%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 145 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,482 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (10 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,278 as a first name in 2020; 1,003 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Verity’s family of names
Verity has a related form in Verita. Verity has a related form in Veritea. Verity has a related form in Veritee.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Verity
- Verity LambertEnglish television and film producer (1935–2007)
- Verity RushworthBritish actressborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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